“It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.”

“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization”

“Once you've been taken, you usually have twenty-four hours left to live.”

“Unreal. I'm feeling nostalgic for something that happened less than twenty-four hours ago. This has got to be a record.”

“Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.”

“There are two ways to ruin any chances of leading a happy life. The first is to chase a goal twenty-four hours a day, day after day, and gladly give up all the little laughs and joys that life has to offer in exchange for that ever-elusive moment of jubilation. The second way is far worse, in that it NEVER fails. You know what it is, Sam? Falling in love with someone who chases a goal twenty four hours a day.”